Motor Vehicle Title Specialist - AVP

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan.

SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network.

The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $80,000.00and $94,000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

The AVP, Motor Vehicle Title Specialist is a member of the Operations Department of SMFL and is responsible for the processing of all titles, registration, violations, Power of Attorney ("POA"), lien releases of all titled vehicle for SMFL's transactions and assist with daily operational activities. They are also responsible for managing the follow up process of all title related deficiencies.

The AVP is fully knowledgeable on regulations and continuously identifies, implements and maintains process improvements for the Operations department. The role reports to the SVP in Operations and assists in the management of stakeholders, dealers and customer expectations.

The job responsibilities are described herein:

• Process all title and registration transactions for customers in all States where SMFL has transactions, with a short turnaround timeframe.
• Maintain and track title information in Aspire.
• Manage registration and titling inventory for all States, reconciling through physical audits.
• Audit and reconcile related billing by working with dealers and/or customers.
• Follow-up with customers/dealers on the delinquent titles, communicate with DMV as necessary to solve the issue.
• Provide reporting to Management including but not limited to on delinquent titles, and any ad‑hoc report that might be required from time to time.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Asset Management, Marketing and customers to resolve all traffic violations/fines, sales and property tax issues.
• Resolve all repossessions, salvage, duplicate and corrected titles with various State DMV's.
• Provide support to the Operations team including but not limited to UCC filing, documentation, audit preparation and various operational daily activities as needed.
• Other special projects and assignment as required by the supervisor.
• Work with 3rd party vendors to manage title process from inception to release.
• Facilitate monthly missing title meetings with sales and asset management teams.
• Develop reporting that represents SMFL risk and progress toward missing title resolution.

• Knowledgeable of the paperwork requirement and all aspects of titling work of titled vehicle for all States in which SMFL conducts business.
• Knowledgeable of the financing/leasing of titled motor vehicles from the MSO through titling/registration, working with various state DMV's to obtaining…